The turn of the 19th century saw the dawn of Romanticism. This artistic and cultural movement was constantly striving for new ideas and new beginnings, during a particularly turbulent time in social, political and natural history. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the romantic masters and their works today.
The reason and order of the classical period were balanced out in the romantic period by emotion and imagination. The word romanticism is derived from the French literary terms roman and romantique. Programme music uses melodies and instrumental colours to tell a story, to take the listener on a musical journey. The most prominent of all program music is undoubtedly the symphonic poem, created, explored and developed by composers such as Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana.
Compared to the Classical Period, the melodies of the romantic period became less and less regular and symmetrical, and the harmony more and more chromatic and dissonant. As the romantic period progressed, the possibilities of traditional tonality became more and more exhausted, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the departure from classical structure and form, and the movement towards modern and contemporary classical music.
In order to broaden the sound palate which set the mood and atmosphere for the romantic period, new instruments began to appear in the orchestra, and voices began to be deployed, choirs and soloists began to be introduced into traditional instrumental works. Throughout the 19th century, the fashion was expansion, both in music for Symphony Orchestra and in Choral Music, the forces grew and grew, far beyond the imagination of any of the classical composers of the previous century.
In the 19th century, Opera flourished, be it Italian verismo, French "Grand Opera", or Wagner’s new world of music theatre. The most important opera composers of the 19th century were Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316172
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 187841
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235742
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 118973
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 318335
Lyric book
Item no.: 318323
Lyric book
Item no.: 318283
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318178
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318172
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318160
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318126
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 623064
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316335
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 475013
Six songs for soprano, alto, tenor and bass
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689195
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205767
Volume 1 Clarinette
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100769
for: Ukulele
Music score
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Book (softcover)
Item no.: 193909
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 673060
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 971713
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 395157
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
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for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 692724
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317737
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317707
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317595
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317366
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317285
Bardenklänge
Volume 4
Guitar Works (Faksimile) (Facsimile)
for: Classical guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 119062
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 106704
for: Piano, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 696476
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